BOEING CH-46D VERTOL (REGISTRATION: 154837)
On November 18, 1970, a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter CH-46D (tail number 154837) from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 263 (HMM-263) was tasked with an extraction mission of Marine reconnaissance teams in the Que Son Mountains, 7 miles southeast of An Hoa Air Field in Quang Nam Province, RVN. There were three teams in the field that required removal after a medic had broken a leg in a creek bed and two other Marines suffered from high fevers. The weather hampered the operation due to heavy cloud cover. Escorted by UH-1 gunships, the CH-46 descended into the clouds and successfully extracted the first two teams. It later returned to extract the third team by SPIE rigging. As the aircraft pulled away in the foggy conditions from the pick-up zone with the third team dangling beneath, it impacted into a mountain. There were no survivors. The lost crew included aircraft commander 1LT Orville C. Rogers Jr., pilot 1LT James E. Stolz Jr., crew chief SGT Robert A. Donnell II, and gunners LCPL Richard R. Buttry and CPL Enver Bajin. The lost passengers/recon team members were HM2 Russell G. Daniels, LCPL David V. Delozier, 1LT Cleveland R. Harvey, LCPL Gary D. Hudson, LTC William G. Leftwich Jr., CPL Randall P. Manela, LCPL Charles A. Pope Jr., CPL John F. Stockman, LCPL Robert E. Tucker, and CPL Fernando Villasana.
Also KIA:
AC 1LT ROGERS ORVILLE CURTIS JR KIA
P 1LT STOLZ JAMES EDWARD JR KIA
G CPL BAJIN ENVER KIA
G LCP BUTTRY RICHARD RUSSELL KIA
CE SGT DONNELL ROBERT A II KIA
SURNAME
Villasana
FORENAME
Fernando (Nano)
UNIT
1 Recon Bn (B Company) (1 MarDiv)
RANK
Corporal
NUMBER
461902804
DATE OF DEATH
18th November 1970
AGE
19
GRAVESITE
Fort Bliss National Cemetery,El Paso,El Paso County,Texas Section I Site 763
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from El...
SURNAME
Tucker
FORENAME
Robert Eugene
UNIT
1 Recon Bn (B Company) (1 MarDiv)
RANK
Lance Corporal
NUMBER
513525753
DATE OF DEATH
18th November 1970
AGE
22
GRAVESITE
Abbyville Cemetery,Abbyville,Reno County,Kansas
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Abbyville,Kansas
born 12.11.1948 Reno...
SURNAME
Stockman
FORENAME
John Frank
UNIT
1 Recon Bn (B Company) (1 MarDiv)
RANK
Corporal
NUMBER
191344673
DATE OF DEATH
18th November 1970
AGE
27
GRAVESITE
Lawn Croft Cemetery,Linwood,Delaware County,Pennsylvania
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Marcus Hook,Pennsylvania
born...
SURNAME
Pope
FORENAME
Charles Alfred,Jr
UNIT
1 Recon Bn (B Company) (1 MarDiv)
RANK
Lance Corporal
NUMBER
492564409
DATE OF DEATH
18th November 1970
AGE
19
GRAVESITE
Floral Hills Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Garden 40 Lot 632
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Independence...
SURNAME
Manela
FORENAME
Randall Paul (Randy)
UNIT
1 Recon Bn (B Company) (1 MarDiv)
RANK
Corporal
NUMBER
544567455
DATE OF DEATH
18th November 1970
AGE
19
GRAVESITE
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery,Lebanon,Linn County,Oregon
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Eugene,Oregon...
SURNAME
Leftwich
FORENAME
William Groom,Jr (Bill)
UNIT
1 Recon Bn (HQ and Service Company) (1 MarDiv) (Bn C.O.)
RANK
Lieutenant Colonel
NUMBER
413465361
DATE OF DEATH
18th November 1970
AGE
39
GRAVESITE
Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown,Memphis,Shelby County,Tennessee Section 1...
SURNAME
Hudson
FORENAME
Gary Duane
UNIT
1 Recon Bn (B Company) (1 MarDiv)
RANK
Lance Corporal
NUMBER
495563687
DATE OF DEATH
18th November 1970
AGE
20
GRAVESITE
Forest Park Cemetery,Joplin,Jasper County,Missouri
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Joplin,Missouri
born 13.3.1950...
SURNAME
Harvey
FORENAME
Cleveland Ray (Butch)
UNIT
1 Recon Bn (B Company) (1 MarDiv)
RANK
First Lieutenant
NUMBER
228587948
DATE OF DEATH
18th November 1970
AGE
23
GRAVESITE
Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 7 Site 9050-1
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from...
SURNAME
Delozier
FORENAME
David Vincent
UNIT
1 Recon Bn (B Company) (1 MarDiv)
RANK
Lance Corporal
NUMBER
201387636
DATE OF DEATH
18th November 1970
AGE
20
GRAVESITE
Alto Reste Burial Park,Altoona,Blair County,Pennsylvania Section K Lot 220C Grave 3
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...
SURNAME
Daniels
FORENAME
Russell Glen
UNIT
1 Recon Bn (B Company) (1 MarDiv) (USN,attached)
RANK
Hospital Corpsman Second Class
NUMBER
527722405
DATE OF DEATH
18th November 1970
AGE
22
GRAVESITE
Sunset Cemetery,Willcox,Cochise County,Arizona
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from...
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